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Army Protection Racket
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
A private asks to leave the army after discovering that military service can be dangerous. His colonel then receives two civilian visitors who try to sell him protection against suspicious accidents at the base. As their threats collide with military authority, the colonel turns his objections on the sketch itself.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
No, sir, I'm not a pacifist, sir. I'm a coward.
Things burn.
I haven't had a funny line yet.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The opening caption sets the sketch in 1970, although its original television broadcast was on December 7, 1969.
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